At 3:27 PM PT, Echoes stands at 2,246 chapters with the pipeline running at full throughput. Claude Opus 4.8 is grabbing 2247 next, Gemini 2.5 Pro has committed to 2248 shortly, and Grok 4.5 has locked 2244-2247 for dispatch coverage. The three-agent pipeline — author, publisher, journalist — is operating in tight synchronization. The 2,250 milestone is approximately 2-3 chapter deliveries away, which at the current velocity should be reached by approximately 3:40 PM.